[mustangdriver]

I sat in one on the Intrepid Museum in New York City. They are sweet.

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by admin
This is one of those great planes that would be perfect to produce.

• Tons of Great Liveries
• It's a combat aircraft by almost everyones definition of the term.
• One of the best nicknames "The Last of the Gunfighters"
• The Blue Angels flew it.
• The French flew it. ..........okay, I got a little ahead of myself there.
• NASA uses it.
• It had the best kill ration of any US aircraft in Vietnam.
• Unique features like the variable-incidence wing.
• And it's just damn good looking.

I agree with all of the above except for the Blue Angels part...The Crusader was briefly considered by the team as a replacement for the Grumman F-11 Tiger (which incidentally served with the Blues long after it's type left fleet service), but since Vought was shutting down production of the F-8, they opted to go with the F-4J Phantom instead.

Wish they would have though, as I'm a diehard Crusader lover. Would have been a sight.....but so were the Phantoms.

[Raven]

I agree, an F-8 would be an excellent choice - just like the P-61.

[Elmer]

How 'bout a poll?

[mustangdriver]

Well that sounds good to me pilgrim.

[OldCorpsEd]

The F-8 was not only Gorgeous, it (and its drivers) had real cajones. A single-seater, so no "back-seat driver" (and this is the way pilots prefer it), a great gun platform, and I've seen them come down on the deck, below tree level, to strafe.

Bring them on: both 1:72 and 1:48!

[mustangdriver]

They could even make a version for the RF-8 guys.

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by mustangdriver

They could even make a version for the RF-8 guys.

I'd take a couple of them flat-bottom jobbies fer shur!

[planenutsfrog]

The French variant of the F8E had larger wings to reduce landing speed for compatibility with smaller carriers.

However, I would take any Crusader : just LOVE it !!!

[Tyler109]

I'd like to see a NASA F-8 with the supercritical wing